Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 13:13:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 13:13:06 -0500 Received: from mail.mtroyal.ab.ca ([142.109.10.24]:21943 "EHLO brynhild.mtroyal.ab.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 13:13:05 -0500 Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 11:23:54 -0700 (MST) From: James Bourne To: Tomas Szepe cc: Arjan van de Ven , Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: re: Ptrace hole / Linux 2.2.25 In-Reply-To: <20030317182040.GA2145@louise.pinerecords.com> Message-ID: References: <200303171604.h2HG4Zc30291@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <1047923841.1600.3.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> <20030317182040.GA2145@louise.pinerecords.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-scanner: scanned by Inflex 1.0.12.2 - (http://pldaniels.com/inflex/) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1671 Lines: 46 On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Tomas Szepe wrote: > > [arjanv@redhat.com] > > > > I've attached a patch against 2.4.21pre5. > > So what happens now? > > Is this critical enough for 2.4.21 to go out? Or can it wait like > some other fairly serious stuff such as the ext3 fixes? What about > the current state of IDE? > > Would it make sense to repackage 2.4.20 into something like 2.4.20-p1 > or 2.4.20.1 with only the critical stuff applied? FYI, I am currently testing Alans patch (cleaned up, the original does not patch cleanly) against 2.4.20 proper. I can make this available if requested once I know it compiles and boots... Regards James Bourne -- James Bourne, Supervisor Data Centre Operations Mount Royal College, Calgary, AB, CA www.mtroyal.ab.ca ****************************************************************************** This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to which it is addressed, and may contain confidential, personal, and or privileged information. Please contact the sender immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. ****************************************************************************** "There are only 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary and those who don't." - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/